Eccentricity

[sasguru]

Who was it who noted that the state of a country's civilisation could be gauged by the number of eccentrics it tolerated?
Judging by that criterion, Germany's is a far superior culture to ours.


PS Note to EO, BB and DP: eccentricity is not to be confused with stupidity

[Spacecadet]

eccentricity is not to be confused with stupidity

Glad you cleared that up, idiot

[AtW]

Glad you cleared that up, idiot

cretin among cretins

[sasguru]

Glad you cleared that up, idiot

Apologies. I felt your innate cretinism warranted making the point crystal clear.

[Mich the Tester]

For many centuries, German culture and philosophy led the way in Europe. It’s only a brief period of about 30 years in which this great civilization committed such crimes that its reputation was so tarnished.

[stek]

For many centuries, German culture and philosophy led the way in Europe. It’s only a brief period of about 30 years in which this great civilization committed such crimes that its reputation was so tarnished.

The was no 'Germany' until 1871, unless u count the Deutcher Bund 1841 or the previous Heiliges Römisches Reich but I get ur point, German people not German State!

There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach yer about the raising of wrist.....

[sasguru]

My point in mentioning Germany is that I think Germans as a clulture are generally stiff, conventional and conformist.
And for them to be more tolerant than us indicates a change for the worse in our society.

[EternalOptimist]

For many centuries, German culture and philosophy led the way in Europe. It’s only a brief period of about 30 years in which this great civilization committed such crimes that its reputation was so tarnished.

go on, what have they done now ?

[TimberWolf]

For many centuries, German culture and philosophy led the way in Europe. It’s only a brief period of about 30 years in which this great civilization committed such crimes that its reputation was so tarnished.

You mean by....<drum roll> ...Hitler?

[oracleslave]

My point in mentioning Germany is that I think Germans as a clulture are generally stiff, conventional and conformist.
And for them to be more tolerant than us indicates a change for the worse in our society.

Show us a link with your hockey graph measurement of German eccentricity tolerance juxtaposed against ours to prove this assertion.